Eyes Wide Shut Review - Off The Shelf Reviews

This week Gary and Iain review and discuss, Eyes Wide Shut (1999) by Director, Stanley Kubrick. Starring, Tom Cruise, Nichole Kidman and Sydney Pollack.
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[@cnferguson5]

You guys are some of the best reviewers

[@carlosarmandovegavazquez7038]

The look on Tom Cruise when Nicole finishes telling him about the fantasy she had with the naval guy is perfect. I wonder how many takes were needed.

[@andrewglazebrook1585]

That's not Kubrick in a cameo appearance, his daughter confirmed it wasn't him but someone who looked like him !

[@IWasLikeEmilio]

Great review, fellas. My favorite film😊Christmas came early

[@michaelaurban4120]

49:09 listening to Iain go HAM was amazing 🤣🤣🤣🤣!! SEAL CLAPS 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@iangreer-music]

The joy I got from seeing you two revel in the fact that Iain didn’t wiki this movie before watching it has set me on good course for my day 😂

[@cruddddddddddddddd]

Todd Field (Nightingale) is the director of In The Bedroom (great film) and Little Children (pretty great film). He did another film recently that I haven't seen

[@TheBeird]

I remember when this came out. My favourite review at the time was titled Eyes Wide Shit. But it’s clearly been reappraised, as all are and should be. You guys are the most versatile reviewers on all of KZbin. Nobody else has as diverse a “portfolio” as you guys

[@filmforthought4793]

This is a review from you guys that's gonna be a classic. Great commentary, fun vibe, and your guys conflicting opinions on the movie give a great insight on how polazing this film has always been. Love being able to watch these a day early--see you guys next week

[@mrnaughtycat]

I loved this back in 1999 I was 16 then and seeing lee lee sobiski in it was shocking coz she was 16 in this some say she was younger

[@Purple_Wellies]

"....pulled off by one of the guys that work for Zeigler" I must have missed that bit 🤣

[@AubreyTheKing]

A hidden gem from Kubrick! This is one of my favorites films from him! Thanks for reviewing this one guys!

[@brianparent4023]

Iain NOT wiki’ing yet another movie before watching it? Moneys tight but I won’t be unsubscribing from the Patreon any time soon, boys

[@UnCreativeDeconstructionism]

Great patreon choice

[@volusize]

Off The Shelf Reviews - Best-In-Class mate 🎉🎉🎉❤

[@Trademarc1977]

Great video, guys. EWS is one of the few Kubrick films I only like instead of love. I hardly rewatch it anymore because the inane conspiracy theories (I don't dare to scroll down to the other comments) have spoiled much of its appeal for me. By the way, Kubrick's daughter Katherina has stated he doesn't have a cameo in the film--the bearded man in the bar just looks a bit like him.

[@colinthedogfromspaced9365]

I feel the same way about Lolita. I have the old Masterpiece Blu ray boxset and I always wish Paths of Glory was in it instead of Lolita.

[@crassbandercoot4343]

The young lady with the 2 asian men looks like Leelee Sobiesky (i probably have that wrong). She was quite stunning

[@Emulous79]

That's her. Easy to confuse with Helen Hunt. Nic Cage threw her into a bookcase or something in The Wicker Man.

[@GregBreden]

It was reportedly Harvey Keitel who had to do all the takes of walking through the door (although I expect Cruise suffered similarly). Keitel told Kubrick "I'm outta here, you're f***ing crazy" and quit after a crazy number of takes, deeming the treatment disrespectful. Keitel never told the full story in interviews but told Gary Oldman and he related it later.

[@sdgc8667]

I wonder if Kubrick changed later in his career, people who worked on his later movies don't really mention that behavior or having to do a massive number of takes for simple things

[@SpecialK234]

Omg as always you two have me laughing hard and also thinking deeply about the subject being reviewed. So glad I subscribed to your patreon 😎

[@ManDuderGuy]

🎉🎉Insomnia Gang🎉🎉

[@Jay-mu4xl]

OTSR time! Have a good one, Shelfers! 👊👊👊 Part 2 of The Wasteland Shelfer (part 1 in The Relic comments): The Lone Shelfer places his viewing device with OTSR playing on the passenger side of his Wasteland Buggy. The device still playing, with Gary and Iain discussing the pain and suffering of Hellraiser Judgment. The Lone Shelfer shifts his buggy into first gear and sets off as more of the desert wastes await. Now, with plenty of fuel, our Lone Shelfer thinks he can finally make it to his first pit stop, where they may have information on the fabled sanctuary he seeks. Rumour has it of a town that provides plenty of fresh drinking water and WIFI, some have even muttered the name "Shelferville". Who could have set up such an oasis in this irradiated world? We must find out, there's only so many RADS our Lone Shelfer can take....

[@WelshIron]

"I dont mind my face on Nicole Kidman's ass" 😆 Classic Iain. Despite Kubrick being my director I just dont enjoy this movie, but have never been able to put my finger on why.

[@carlosarmandovegavazquez7038]

I think the problem Dr. Bill Hartford had was that he didn't realize the effect he had on women other than her wife.

[@kevinharvey7139]

I have not even watched the full review yet or even seen the film - but I love you guys reviews haha

[@MisterFugginRomero]

These dudes crack me up, especially Ian. I'd love to share a bowl with them.

[@handsomestik]

Given current events you really start to wonder if Stanley was exposing another world regarding the powerful and those that can get away with everything.

[@JDC52]

Given current events? So you've had your own eyes wide shut for decades? This type of activity isn't new at all in my opinion. Js

[@sdgc8667]

None of what is in this movie seems to happen much in real life. It's as if you paid no attention to the professions of the characters, you think every surgeon or lawyer who works for rich people is some kind of billionaire or millionaire who loves murdering people and killing prostitutes? You think rich people who are committing crimes aren't doing more than hiring escorts to have sex with one another, or having drug fueled sex with escorts, which is all that is shown in the movie?

[@kewannaloves5459]

Not intentionally being an azz or dik about it but, DUH 😂😂

[@lawrenceragnarok1186]

​@@sdgc8667are you being intentionally dense? You know they give their daughter away in this movie too the "club"

[@hashtagfilm]

​@@sdgc8667 The "other" elements you think aren't in the film are in there. They're just so well hidden that you miss it.

[@Rainman71625]

strangely enough the woman at the mask party that is still meant to be mandy was played and voiced by a different actress than the mandy at the first party

[@daydreamindavey7315]

As this is a film about fantasies. The asian business men are paying to be caught by the father with his daughter. That's why its so cordial afterwards.

[@G_Elektrik]

It is one of the most interesting Kubrick films, especially for all around the production and making of the movie, crazy stuff, and includes a lot of simbolism, even those scenes that look like nonsense or inconsequential, serve to show other aspects of perversion outside the main character guiding the audience, the way Gary and Iain each aproach the film on their own, show how perspective or expectation affect the interpretation and enjoyment, indeed was a mistake the way studio ended selling the movie and the perception the film has even after all this years

[@tjenahoj]

Definately, it is the film that keeps on giving!

[@mattmidgley4275]

Great review boys 👊👊

[@jvondd]

I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it as much, Iain, but I'm with Gary in this one.

[@colinthedogfromspaced9365]

Iain Buckingham - "I'm not as stupid as I may think" 36:20

[@chrisnotyou]

Ian is correct. Someone who is ODing on heroin is not going to be responsive. They aren't just taking a nappy poo. She would still be breathing, however it would likely be agonal breathing, very gaspy and groany sounding. Almost asthmatic. Very likely there would be vomit as well. She was waaaaaay too pretty for someone who is ODing on an opioid.

[@slapwagon]

shelf life! ❤

[@UnCreativeDeconstructionism]

*Turn up* Also thanks iain. Ill go watch the firm.

[@WildFungus]

Iain, Tom Cruise was 40 years old in this film all they cut from the north american release from my recollection of the papers at the time was they edited Tom's penis out and it cost as much as it did to put Godzilla in the Roland Emerich movie.

[@Trademarc1977]

Cruise was 34 when shooting began in november 1996. They didn't cut anything from the USA release but did block some of the sexual activity in the orgy scene with CGI people: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3uWf3uqadtrjbssi=_z5iiBz8xFItymbz

[@tylersmith9868]

I never saw this one until last year, I was so into it lol. Good movie

[@avalangrin4904]

I think Tom and Nicole’s marriage did not survive this film. I barely remember watching this film. 🙂

[@Siegbert85]

But is he running in this movie?

[@colinthedogfromspaced9365]

I bunked off sixth form got massively stoned and went to see this at the cinema because it was the last Kubrick film. It's not up there with his other classics but its way better than say Lolita.

[@punisher007ish]

12:08 lol in the uk this has another meaning

[@paulzenco6182]

Awesome film. It gets better and better the more you watch it, like most Kubrick films

[@tjenahoj]

Eyes wide shut is a favorite movie of mine. I am trying to think of similar movies in style, tone, story. I gotta admit it is a pretty tricky task, these are kinda ranked in similarity. Feel free to expand the list please! Rosemarys baby 1968. The Ninth Gate 1999. Under the Silver Lake 2018. The devil rides out 1968. Gilda 1946. The neon demon 2016.

[@tjenahoj]

I am continuing my own list: 8mm 1999, You Were Never Really Here 2017.

[@kevinharvey7139]

Thanks

[@OffTheShelfReviews]

Cheers for the tip Kevin, much appreciated thank you :D

[@aaronjustice2566]

It was one of those movies i felt meh about but then after watching it.. it began to grown in my mind and then I loved it. Its long but after you love it then when tou watch it tou kindve start living it. It seemes like Kubrick wanted to help get Kidman out of scientology and knew that hed be putting their relationship at risk. But it made it work so well.

[@tjenahoj]

Interessting. Because allegedly Kubricks daughter was abducted by the cult. Yet another layer to this onion!

[@aaronjustice2566]

@@tjenahoj yeah she appears to be a scientologist or at least was as of like 8 years ago. I see alot of smears about being far right and blah blah because of conspiracy theories but it was also 2016 when the media went insane and began calling everyone a Nazi.

[@feliperios3496]

To me the whole sequence where Tom cruise goes to the sex mansion and sees all these masked people having sex is my favorite part. However l did feel disapointed when this cult did not really do anything to him because l felt like l lost some interest after they let him go And yes l know the movie was about jealousy and trust and all that but l really think the cult threat was an important aspect to the movie that just seemed to resolve rather easily at the end. That is why l decided to believe that the cult actually killed the lady and the piano player and left the mask on the pillow as way of saying " we are watching you"

[@Finessessari_81]

I really do love this movie and you guy's are amazing

[@chrisnotyou]

If you haven't seen it yet, watch "The Northman" Since youre on a Nicole Kidman kick. Just watch it with the knowledge that its a fantasy. I wish I had known that going in, Inwould have enjoyed it more. I thought it was going to be a gritty real viking period piece, but its definitely a mythological fantasy.

[@kevinharvey7139]

That was lee lee sobieski

[@andrewblanchard2398]

NICOLE KIDMAN in this movie ❤

[@barricade1391]

I recall this getting very mixed reviews when it came out. Interesting because of the areas it touched on

[@sdgc8667]

Movie reviewers are more concerned with the actual plot of the movie, which are the the thoughts of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman's characters, their marriage, infidelity, fantasy, preconceived notions, how people might not actually need or want to be rescued, etc... You know the stuff Iain and Gary discussed

[@aaronjustice2566]

This is my weird Christmas pick wach year. It has some od rhe best xmas set designs of all fime. That bar and the Christmas trees. I really like this film.

[@tjenahoj]

Enjoyable stuff Shelfers! I enjoy this movie about once a year and its become the most mysterious Kubrick movie except maybe for "The Shining" and "2001" for me. The erotic thriller was big all since "basic instinct" I guess. great point! But back then when it came out I had not a lot of interest. I did however buy it pretty early on sale since I planned to try get "all" Kubrick movies. It is possible to "read" the movie on many levels but I really enjoy the esoteric occult reading with secret societies, sachs cult, "kompromat" of powerful politician people including connections to playground diddlery and even human sacrifices. Interesting theories include Kidmans character is already a "sachs kitten" and daughter is getting playground diddled at the end to become another "sachs kitten".

[@5bags]

When you got movies like Tom Cruise in them, you can't lose!

[@elfboy29]

Introducing sociology.

[@regismathias6707]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@andrewblanchard2398]

👍👍

[@Emulous79]

This made eroticism look incredibly boring and apparently outed the illuminati who killed Kubrick with a heart-dart.

[@piotrkowalski451]

You know,I remember that somebody in some documentary said that Eyes Wide Shut is a movie about everything. Literally,about everything.I don't remember who said it but I totally agree.

[@useyourillusiongnr]

Remember this movie.. And erotic somekind of movie.. classic, yes..good movie..yes! It had everything! Increddible that Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise made this movie! Like "let's explore the swinger-parties" They (Tom & Nicole) were married at the time this was made, and ended after, maybe because Tom's Scientology beliefs, who knows ? Did anyone, notice, that Tom has bigger soles, to his shoes, so that he could match Nicoles, hight? Tom is smaller in height than Nicole Kidman... Great review, as always guys! Thank you !! 👍

[@LukeLovesRose]

If this movie bored you, you wont like Barry Lyndon

[@ghostlightx9005]

Barry Lyndon is my favourite Kubrick movie by a long mile. This is my least favourite by even further. This is a bad movie and a terrible Kubrick movie, for me. There is no way I could sit through this bore ever again, whereas I never tire of Barry Lyndon. The main problem with this one is that the "bizarre" underworld situations Cruise finds himself in are so laughably tame. Real life these days is far more bizarre, demented and twisted. Well, mine is. Which makes this movie just a bit embarrassing. Shrug. It just gave me the impression that whoever wrote this or perhaps Kubrick himself had led a very sheltered life.

[@LukeLovesRose]

@@ghostlightx9005 Why cant you people just appreciate what is there instead of expecting what you want out of it??

[@MisterFugginRomero]

It did. And I didn't... it was a dope review, though.

[@Marauder1981]

You guys would understand this "pantomime" sequence much better after investigating how these networks operate. The young girl gets actually sold to the "party" and the sequence shows that she gets groomed and prepared by her own "uncle". It feels corny, but it´s a fairly dark scene. I advise you to read the book "In quest for Love" by Anneke Lukas.

[@dimajung754]

Nicole Kidman is soo so hot 🔥

[@aaronjustice2566]

The scene where the costume store owner makes the big fuss is a put on for the sake of Cruise. He knows what she is doing and was almost certainly participating himseld. If a dad really sumbled on that it would be a physical altercation and not melodramatic yelling about no decency. After Cruise visits the party his eyes are open and the underbelly of the world embraces him. Its an analogy for him being a part of it now and open to the these things he was too prudish to recognize before.

[@tjenahoj]

Agreed. More than likely playground diddlers and handler, maybe for kompromat, is there hidden cameras there? Or at least we are the camera.

[@knownpleasures]

Who are these guys ? The hairy bikers of the film reviews world 🌍 😂

[@menorahdarkness4877]

Never made it to the end of this floater ... zz zz

[@sadderthanyou7793]

Eyes Wide Shut is a failed movie. Kubrick wasn't himself anymore.

[@michaelaurban4120]

Now also doesn’t the daughter get taken “away” at the end in the toy store? Doesn’t some guy in a suit take her away at the end??? Did they “sacrifice” their daughter to the cult? Am I remembering this movie proper??? I think I am!

[@sdgc8667]

She's an escort....

[@michaelaurban4120]

@@sdgc8667 I am talking their child in the movie . . . you know, a minor . . .

[@louise2940]

Yes, the toy shop scene, the daughter gets led away by two men.

[@michaelaurban4120]

@@louise2940 that’s is what I thought, it has been years since I saw it. I was intrigued by all the weird stuff happening in the background back when it came out. Now I see it as women showing they too are sexual creatures, and sometimes guys are hard up to even succeed in cheating. Though people may perceive it all backwards LOL!

[@hashtagfilm]

The guy on the left gets this movie. The other - does not. The scene in the costume shop is essential because IT is the one scene that's screaming to us what this movie is really about. It's about these elite communities that involve sex trafficking. The "love story" between Tom and Nicole is the true sub plot. Kubrick was trying to tell us in this movie what is really happening in the world. Hence why it's called Eyes Wide Shut. People dismiss the real story because they only see it as "conspiracy theories". In the final scene, Tom and Nicole sacrifice their daughter. That's why they need to go home and fuck, because they need a new child to replace the one they just gave away. Phenomenal film that a lot of people misunderstand

[@piotrkowalski451]

Honestly,this is the best movie ever made. I mean,I watch this film every year.And I discover something new every time.Sometimes one word can change your entire life ..

[@chrisnotyou]

Weeeeeird movie. Very uncomfortable to watch all the way through.

[@Mcfly85A]

Eyes Wide Shut is an absolute masterpiece. The novella it's based on in English means dream story so that makes me wonder when watching the film just have much is real and how much is a dream? How much is taking place only in Bill's mind. I think that's up to each person to interpret. Kubrick is my all time favorite director and I think all 12,I don't count Fear And Desire as he disowned it,are masterpieces and should be watched by anyone who claims to love cinema.

[@Mako2401]

This movie is more and more popular these days. And unfortunately, reveals that Kubrick was making a documentary .

[@ZendayaG]

Why this movie feels like a preview to what went on in p Diddy’s freak offs 🙃

[@Darek_B52]

Damn this film seems pedantic & up it's ass. Maybe it's because of the review format, but after all the films he's made...I don't get this one.

[@ThreadBomb]

It may be a Kubrick film but it's still a bad movie.

[@aresgalamatis7022]

The only problem with this otherwise excellent film is that Tom Cruise is a shit actor.

[@lemi413]

i kinda start hating the right guy ... no more kinda ... i do hate him ...

[@tjenahoj]

It is just his personality or I suspect persona, I admit I at first, way back, I did not understand either, he really grew on me over time! He is the "chaotic evil" to the others "lawful good". I say give the reviews a chance, imho some of the best stuff on the net. :D

[@lemi413]

@@tjenahoj ... i hate him for this review ... i dont hate him for others ...

[@TinaJesse859]

Once again the guy in the beard ruins any show

[@vitus33]

“More diverse”?Really???Enough!

[@itsmeimback732]

Hey why don't the 2 of you Reach up on that SHElF AND PULL SOME 50'S SCI-FI I enjoy your channel but damn mix it up.

[@cherzo71]

why don't you just go to a channel where they review 50s sci-fi instead of saying stupid things like this, it is up to them what they watch and review

[@itsmeimback732]

@@cherzo71 didn't say anything stupid these guys are good their channel is good just wish they get into the habit doing other stuff and as for going to another channel no they need my views.